Produção de sementes de essências nativas em floresta primária na Amazônia

Abstract

The author describes work on seed bearing tree selection and seed collection realized at INPA- Manaus. In this selection the following characteristics were considered: tipicity, DBH, total height, commercial height, stem shape, crown shape, crown position and disease symptoms. The existence of about seven hundred trees of several species that will be useful in future research projects are reported. The metodology of fruit and seed collection in the experimental area is described. The author notes that because of the characteristics of the population seed collection was made on the ground, after dispersion, for most of the species. He also discusses the metodological aplication of seed bearer selection in reforestation projects of native species and recommends the inclusion of legal regulations for the implantation of collection areas side by side with exploitation and reforestation projects.